Archive for February, 2009
What are the commonly searched divorce terms in the Internet?
Dear Reader: These terms are commonly searched on the Internet. Which ones do you have concerns about? Maybe we did a post on the subject and you can type the term in the search field above and check it out. custody family law alimony child custody adultery visitation attorneys joint [...]
Can the court refuse to give me a divorce?
In some states, yes. A court can refuse to grant you a divorce if you can't prove "grounds". There are two types of states where divorce law is concerned. There are the fault states and the no-fault states. In the fault states you have to prove "grounds" or "marital fault" in order to get your divorce. The "no fault" states are as [...]
The Widowed divorcee
Can someone be a widow and a divorcee at the same time? Of course. But only in so far as we are talking about different marriages. In other words, a woman could have married one man and divorced him. So now she is a divorcee. Then she marries another man (or the same man) and he dies. So now she is a widow or a widowed divorcee. But can she be [...]
JERUSALEM: 14 year old Israeli divorcee consumated marriage with 17 year old boyfriend
A 14 year old Israeli girl was granted a divorce from her 17 year old boyfriend, even though the two were just skylarking when they got married in the first place. Says Reuters: It all began as a lark, in a schoolyard where a 17-year-old boy recently declared the girl his wife, reciting a Jewish ritual vow in front of witnesses, and she accepted [...]
Community Property vs Equitable Distribution states: what is the difference?
Most states in the United States of America are "equitable distribution" states. What that means is that if a married couple gets divorced in most states, the court will look to what is "fair" in dividing up marital property. What is fair is not necessarily going to be a 50/50 split in most states. It is going to come down to, among other [...]
Did your low emotional IQ cause your divorce?
Emotional IQ and your divorce: Well, first of all, what is Emotional IQ? I had no choice but to turn to....WIKIPEDIA for a definition: “the ability to monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one's thinking and actions.” Emotional IQ is an evolving body of [...]
Can marriage counseling save your marriage?
Marriage counseling may save your marriage I personally can't really speak with any authority on the issue of "counseling" and "therapy." I've never had either. The way I handle all of the mammoth challenges and problems life unleashes is I journal like a mad cat. I have mountains of journals which I have kept over the years and I tell you, I [...]
FRANCE/U.S.:CHILD CUSTODY and the single mother: Nadya Suleman and Rachida Dati weigh in
Custody and the Single Mother It appears that single/divorced mothers have to be very careful in the world. They don't seem to get the same respect and latitude as married mothers when it comes to the custody and care of their children. Is this the new form of discrimination? Take a woman like Rachida Dati, a French Justice Minister in [...]
Kidney Divorce: Long Island surgeon Dr. Batista loses bid to get his kidney back from divorcing wife
To keep it short and sweet, the Nassau County court ruled that Batista's kidney to his wife was a gift which he cannot get back. The decision even suggested that he had committed a crime by asking for it back, which is very interesting to me. I don't know if I would have gone as far as to say it was a crime. It was definitely off the wall. And I [...]
Morgan Freeman sued by alleged extra-marital mistress Demaris Meyer
71 year old Morgan Freeman is being sued by a woman he is alleged to have had an extra-marital affair with while still married to his wife of 24 years Myrna Colley-Lee. By the way, the Oscar winning actor and his wife are not yet divorced even though they filed for divorce right after the accident for which Mr. Freeman is being sued [...]
Russell Simmons agrees to pay Kimora Lee $40,000 in child support payments each month
Can you fathom receiving $40,000 per month in child support for two kids? That's just child support now. We are not even talking alimony and property settlement here. But that is exactly what Hip Hop mogul Russell Simmons agreed to pay his ex wife Kimora for their two daughters Aoki Lee and Ming Lee each blessed month. That is a mind blowing [...]
Stephen Walsh’s (Walsh Greenberg & Co.) divorce settlement with ex-wife Janet Walsh Schaberg comes under attack: Will the agreement be set aside?
Walsh Greenberg & Co the latest securities firm to come under attack from the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for fraud, takes ex-wife, Janet Walsh Schaberg along for the ride. According to Reuters: NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two money managers who oversaw investments for Carnegie Mellon University and other institutions were [...]
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Paris GOOP on where to go (and where to stay in Paris) after your marriage ends
I have said before that I love Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP. It is a girly newsletter that she sends out a couple of times per month and people have been absolutely negative about it on the Internet. But I love it. I see she is just sharing and what's so wrong with that? If someone doesn't like the newsletter they don't have to view it. It is [...]
Battle of the billionaires’ girlfriends: Steve Wynn and Sir R. Allen Stanford compete for “Andrea”
Andrea Stoelker looks like an 18 year old Juliet next to her beau Sir Robert Allen Standord, the Texan billionaire who is accused of securities fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Mr. Stanford, a handsome 58 year old Romeo in spite of his alleged fraudulent tendencies, is said to have a very tender place in his heart [...]
Mega Millions Lottery & Divorce: Have you heard of the Juan and Iris Rodriguez lottery divorce case?
Mega Millions lottery winnings & the Colombian immigrants Iris and Juan Rodriguez case circa 2004 Okay. Obviously, I didn't win Mega Millions last night as I predicted and so I won't be sailing off, somewhere, across the Caspian Sea to Mauritius just yet...But I am intrigued with this topic since it is one of the top searches in Google [...]
LAS VEGAS: STEVE WYNN set to have the most expensive divorce in US history
Hotel/Casino mogul Steve Wynn is still making headlines on account of these persistent divorce rumors. The Las Vegas titan who owns or has owned a slew of Vegas heavy weight hotels such as the Bellagio, Treasure Island, Wynn Las Vegas, and others is seriously rumored to be leaving his wife Elaine Wynn for a younger woman, and Brit by the name of [...]
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